GROVE CITY, Pa. -- The Grove City
College softball team is now 16-14 overall after splitting a non-conference
doubleheader with visiting Penn State Behrend Thursday afternoon at College
Field. Grove City captured a 1-0 win in the opener but Behrend (14-14) bounced
back for an 8-1 victory in Game Two.

Sophomore pitcher Lauren Clarke (Lower
Burrell, Pa./Burrell) fired a two-hit shutout in Game One for the Wolverines.
Clarke (10-6) struck out six and did not walk a batter in earning the win.

Senior Lauren Pennell (Zelienople,
Pa./Seneca Valley) tripled for Grove City and freshman DP Casey Schmidt
(Woodbine, Md./Glenelg) doubled. Grove City had just four hits in the opener.

Penn State Behrend jumped out to a 4-0
lead in the top of the first inning, then sealed the win with three
seventh-inning runs.

The Wolverines cut Behrend's lead to
4-1 in the fourth inning when sophomore Emily Reece (Frederick, Md./Thomas
Johnson) singled in Schmidt.

Pennell started in the pitcher's circle
and took the setback after allowing five runs in four innings. Schmidt, Clarke
and sophomore Faith Jentsch (Orchard Park, N.Y./Orchard Park) all pitched in
relief.

Grove City will visit Thiel Saturday in
a Presidents' Athletic Conference doubleheader at 1 p.m.